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title: "Guides"
description: "How to track Claude Code in every surface, how coding time is computed from heartbeats, and what AI token and line numbers mean. Written from the measurements rather than around them."
url: https://inlinr.com/guides
lang: en
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Guides

# Coding time and AI sessions, measured

How to set tracking up, how the numbers are computed, and which ones change a decision. Each guide is written from something inlinr measures rather than around it, which is why there are 13 of them and not thirty.

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[ Setup 5 min read 6 Nov 2026Tracking Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI: terminal, desktop, IDE and cloudOne install covers every local surface. Cloud sessions need one line in their environment's setup script, once. Here is each, in order.Read the guide](https://inlinr.com/guides/track-claude-code)

## Set up and time tracking

Install tracking where you work, move over from WakaTime, and how the hours are computed from editor activity.

- [ Setup 4 min read 30 Oct 2026Switching from WakaTime without losing a dayYour history comes with you, your WakaTime plugins keep working, and the scripts that read WakaTime's API too. Three steps.](https://inlinr.com/guides/switch-from-wakatime)
- [ Setup 5 min read 30 Oct 2026Coding stats in your GitHub profile README, without an API keyGitHub only shows images and text you commit. What that means for a stats card, and four steps to yours.](https://inlinr.com/guides/github-readme-coding-stats)
- [ Time tracking 5 min read 30 Oct 2026How coding time is counted, and why two trackers disagreeTime is the gaps between heartbeats. Which gaps count is one setting, and getting it subtly wrong adds over an hour a day.](https://inlinr.com/guides/how-coding-time-is-counted)

## AI usage

Tokens, the prompt cache and AI-written lines: what each number counts, and what it does not.

- [ AI usage 5 min read 29 Oct 2026Upgrading a dependency with your assistant, changelog firstBreaking changes hide in guides and in releases without notes. Read them first, then let the assistant upgrade and run your checks.](https://inlinr.com/guides/upgrade-a-dependency-with-your-assistant)
- [ AI usage 5 min read 30 Oct 2026What “percent written by AI” can and cannot tell youThe number is easy to produce and easy to misuse. What it counts, what it misses, and the questions it answers.](https://inlinr.com/guides/measuring-ai-written-code)
- [ AI usage 7 min read 30 Oct 2026Reading a token bill: four prices, and the cache that is most of itFour counts, four prices, and a cache that re-reads the whole conversation every turn. How to read them without being off several times over.](https://inlinr.com/guides/ai-token-costs)

## En français

Pour les freelances en France : fixer son TJM, la TVA, les mentions d'une facture, la facturation électronique et le CRA. [inlinr pour les freelances en France](https://inlinr.com/fr/for/freelancers)

- [ Freelance fr 6 min de lecture 29 oct. 2026Fixer et calculer son TJM de développeur freelanceUn TJM se calcule à partir des jours que vous facturerez vraiment, pas des 365 de l'année. La méthode, et ce qui compte comme un jour.](https://inlinr.com/fr/guides/tjm-developpeur-freelance)
- [ Freelance fr 6 min de lecture 29 oct. 2026Les mentions obligatoires d'une facture de freelanceVendeur, client, numéro, TVA, échéance, pénalités, 40 € : la liste complète, et les quatre mentions que la réforme ajoute.](https://inlinr.com/fr/guides/mentions-obligatoires-facture-freelance)
- [ Freelance fr 5 min de lecture 28 oct. 2026La franchise en base de TVA (art. 293 B du CGI)37 500 € pour les services, 41 250 € de seuil majoré, et le seuil unique à 25 000 € qui n'a jamais été appliqué.](https://inlinr.com/fr/guides/franchise-en-base-tva-293-b)
- [ Freelance fr 6 min de lecture 29 oct. 2026Facturation électronique : ce qui change en 2026 et 2027Recevoir dès septembre 2026, émettre en septembre 2027 pour une micro-entreprise. Un PDF par e-mail ne suffira plus.](https://inlinr.com/fr/guides/facturation-electronique-2026-2027)
- [ Freelance 6 min read 29 Oct 2026Invoicing a French public client through Chorus ProA public client does not take an invoice by email. One account, three references, and the status that starts the 30 days.](https://inlinr.com/guides/invoice-public-sector-chorus-pro)
- [ Freelance fr 5 min de lecture 20 oct. 2026Le CRA (compte rendu d'activité) d'un freelance au TJMLe CRA est la pièce qui transforme des jours en facture. Le remplir de mémoire le 30 du mois est la source de la plupart des litiges.](https://inlinr.com/fr/guides/compte-rendu-activite-cra)

## Put your own numbers next to these

Install the plugin for your editor or Claude Code, and the time, token and line counts these guides describe appear on your dashboard within minutes.

[Install in VS Code](https://inlinr.com/integrations/vscode)

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